Name: Auction: AFTER WU TUAN, HE SONGNIAN AND ANONYMOUS GROUP OF THREE CHINESE BIRD AND FLOWER PAINTINGS, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 500 GBP
Availability: InStock

Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179

Asian Works of Art | Wed 11th March 2026 from 11.30am | Lots 180 to 346

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The Shanghai School of Chinese Paintings

The Shanghai School, also known as the "Haipai" or "Hupai," emerged in the mid-19th century. During this period, Shanghai opened as a treaty port and evolved into the economic and cultural centre of modern China.

The Collector Behind Brushes Across Empire: Sir James Stewart Lockhart

Chinese paintings, ceramics, and works of art from the collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart.

Welcome to our March 2026 Asian Works of Art auction, led by Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858 - 1937) (Lots 1 - 179).&nbsp;Comprising approximately 180 lots of Chinese paintings, ceramics and works of art, the collection reflects the scholarly eye of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, who served in Hong Kong from 1879 and later as Commissioner of Weihaiwei. The sale is offered on behalf of, and to benefit, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gwc.org.uk/">George Watson’s College</a>, Edinburgh.The auction also features a private Glasgow collection of Chinese paintings and ceramics (Lots 186–196), a private English collection of Chinese bronzes and jades (Lots 208–225), Chinese jades from Homer Ling (Lots 227–229), a Perthshire collection of bronzes and wood carvings (Lots 238–246), snuff bottles from Prof. J. Gilbert and Cora MacAllister (Lots 267–281), west of Scotland and Renfrewshire collections of Chinese and Japanese works (Lots 302–305; 325–329) and a private UK collection of Southeast Asian art (Lots 343–346).

Browse a selection of lots from our upcoming sale.

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ft. Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

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清末民初 吳湍、何松年款及無名 水墨設色紙或絹本 立軸 （共三幅）款識一：光緒戊戌秋初寫，奉任廷大人雅屬并希即正，文軒吳湍 鈐印一：軒畫、三枚不辨款識二：海風吹月憶危巢，深夜梳翎雪隨拗，仙客不知猶是畫，每聽長唳向梅梢。以應壽鈿仁兄大人雅屬并請正之，己丑夏四月十五日兩中試筆寫▢學法高▢，何松年華山 鈐印二：臣何松年、賞心▢愚簽條書：何松年花卉翎毛一軸one ink and and colour on silk, depicting cotton tree in flower, a hawk in pursuit of two birds, unknown artist; one ink and colour on paper, depicting geese, magpie and flowering blossom, signed Wu Tuan, with inscription and seals; and one ink and colour on paper, depicting plum blossoms, two storks and other birds under the moon, signed He Songnian, with inscriptions, signature and seal, all hanging scrolls (3)

GROUP OF THREE CHINESE BIRD AND FLOWER PAINTINGS, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD 

AFTER WU TUAN, HE SONGNIAN AND ANONYMOUS

GROUP OF THREE CHINESE BIRD AND FLOWER PAINTINGS, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD

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